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Oxford Institution Hopes 'Eccentricity' Exhibit Draws Attention

The University of Oxford has a distinguished scientific history stretching back to Roger Bacon, the 13th century philosopher who was one of the founders of modern scientific method.

Some 29 Nobel prize-winning scientists have either studied or taught there. But few visitors to Oxford are probably aware of its centrally located Museum of the History of Science, or the collection of diverse, fascinating and sometimes bizarre objects it...